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Fifty-One Tales

Name: Fifty-One Tales
Author: Lord Dunsany

Lord Dunsany

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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01 - The assignation. Charon. The death of Pan (6:56)
02 - The sphinx at Giza. The hen. Wind and fog (9:21)
03 - The raft-builders. The workman. The guest (8:54)
04 - Death and Odysseus. Death and the orange. The prayer of the flower (5:52)
05 - Time and the tradesman. The little city. The unpasturable fields (5:48)
06 - The worm and the angel. The songless country. The latest thing (5:40)
07 - The demagogue and the demi-monde. The giant poppy. Roses (5:00)
08 - A mistaken identity. The true history of the hare and the tortoise. Alone the immortals (10:44)
09 - A moral little tale. The return of song. Spring In town (10:23)
10 - How the enemy came to Thlunrana. A losing game. Taking up Picadilly (9:05)
11 - The man with the golden ear-rings. The dream of King Karna-Vootra. The storm (9:33)
12 - After the fire. The city. The food of Death (4:42)
13 - The lonely idol. The sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts). The reward (8:06)
14 - The trouble in Leafy Green Street. The mist. Furrow-maker (7:03)
15 - Lobster salad. The return of the exiles. Nature and time (11:23)
16 - The song of the blackbird. The messengers. The three tall sons (11:22)
17 - Compromise. What we have come to. The tomb of Pan (5:35)

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